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Debunking
the Arguments of Christian Fundamentalists and Evangelists
Discrepancies and facts that the church never told you
about
Here are some other
miscellaneous issues that the churches never seem to notice, Christians never
seem to hear about, which are extremely damaging to fundamentalist evangelical
doctrine and theology.
Disunity among believers
filled with the Holy Spirit
Christians say that in order
to understand the Bible, a Christian has to let the Holy Spirit guide them and
interpret it for them. However, many of these sincere Bible-believing
Christians who do just that, asking the Holy Spirit inside them to help them
interpret the Bible, come to disagree on countless doctrines and
interpretations of the Bible! How could that be? Why would the Holy
Spirit, the third part of God, which supposedly helps believers in
understanding and interpreting the Bible, be causing all these different
interpretations among sincere believers? Does the Holy Spirit love
disunity? Does it love playing mind games with people? Let me give
you 12 examples of the kind of issues that spirit-filled Christians disagree on
in terms of their interpretation of the Bible. There are many doctrinal
issues in dispute, these are just a small sample.
1) Some Christians believe that the Sabbath Day
should be on Saturday like it was in the Old Testament, while others believe it
should be on Sunday as mentioned in verses such as 1 Corinthians 16:2 to
commemorate Jesus’ resurrection on Sunday. And still others say it
doesn't matter just as long as it's one day a week.
2) Some Christians believe that water baptism is
a requirement of salvation, while others say that it is only a sign or outward
reflection of it, and not part of the actual salvation itself. These
latter folks see such a concept as blasphemous and analogous to a salvation of
works rather than of grace and faith.
3) Some Christians believe that speaking in
tongues is a sign of salvation and occurs after you're saved, as the believers
did in the book of Acts. However, others believe that speaking in tongues
today is a work of the devil, and violated Revelation 22:18.
4) Some Christians believe that the prophecies
in the book of Revelation are to be taken literally, (eg.
the antichrist and the beast are political figures and the number 666 will be a
literal mark on people's heads.) Others believe that the prophecies in
Revelation should be taken symbolically, (eg. the
events are spiritual events, not physical events, and the antichrist is Satan
in spiritual warfare.) Still, others believe in interpretations that lie
in between.
5) Some Christians believe that the rapture of
believers will occur right before the seven year tribulation in
Revelation. Others believe that it occurs after the tribulation.
Still others believe it occurs during the tribulation.
6) Some Christians believe, based on Revelation 20, that after the Armageddon happens there will be a
thousand year millennial reign with Christ on Earth before heaven and hell are
finalized. Others say that the thousand year millennial reign is a
symbolic representation of the fellowship of Christians on Earth from the New
Testament era up to now.
7) Some Christians believe that
8) Some Christians believe that you can't lose
your salvation, once saved always saved. Others say you can lose your
salvation if you fall away and start to go back to your old lifestyle again.
9) Catholics believe the transubstination
which occurs during their communion ritual represents the genuine body of
Christ, and that taking part in that sacrament is required for salvation, while
Protestants believe that such a sacrament is blasphemy, and that communion is
only a symbolic representation of Christ.
10) Catholics believe that praying to the Virgin
Mary is a good thing and that she answers prayer and helps people.
However, Protestants think that is blasphemy and worshipping false gods.
11) Some Christians believe that the King James
Version (KJV) of the Bible is the most accurate one we have, while others
prefer the New International Version (NIV), New American Standard Bible (NASB),
etc. Why can't the Holy Spirit lead people to the most accurate
translation?
12) Some Christians believe that salvation is a
matter of free will and that God lets it be up to the individual to decide
whether they want to become a believer or not. Others believe in the
Calvinistic doctrine of election and predestination, which says that only those
who were chosen beforehand will come to God for salvation, because without God
drawing people, no one would come to God. There is ample scriptural
evidence to support both these sides.
There are many more doctrinal
disputes among Christians, but you get the idea. You see here now what
the Christians, guided by the Holy Spirit in their interpretations of the
Bible, come up with? Why would the Holy Spirit want to cause such
disunity among the believers? I wonder.
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